Question : Audit of Digitalization of Education

(a) whether the Government has conducted an audit on the status of Digitalization of the rural
education System;
(b) if so, the details of the audit conducted on disbursement of funds under relevant Digital
Infrastructure Schemes, State-wise, for the period from March 2020 to November 2021;
(c) if not, the reasons therefor;
(d) the number of rural schools Digitalised and in Operational with equipped devices and other
instruments to aid online learning; and
(e) the details of the audit of funds under relevant Digital Infrastructure Schemes during the period
from March 2020 to till now, State-wise?

Answer given by the minister

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

(SMT. ANNPURNA DEVI)

(a) to (e) Education is in the concurrent list of the Constitution and majority of the schools, colleges
and universities are under the domain of respective State and UT Governments. The state
governments have been advised to act based on the situation prevailing at every place to meet the
demands of all students for providing them with the digital access required for learning digitally. The
Central Government is constantly advising States/UTs through guidelines and meeting with respect
to interventions for reducing impact of pandemic on education across the nation.
Central government maintains UDISE data on certain parameters for all states/UTs, such as
number of ICT labs, Internet connectivity, etc. As per UDISE data of 2019-20, a total of 65,356 ICT
Labs and 29,178 digital classrooms are there in schools and a total of 1,19,581 schools across the
country are there with internet facility. Under the BharatNet programme, the CSC e-Governance
Services India Ltd (CSC-SPV) of MeitY has been assigned the task of providing Fibre to the Home
(FTTH) connectivity to the Government Institutions, including schools.
Under centrally sponsored scheme of Samagra Shiksha, 14868 ICT labs and 58534 smart
classrooms have been approved under ICT and Digital initiatives during the years 2020-21 and 2021-
22. State/UT wise, details of physical and financial approvals are at Annexure.
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